Kepha Viva St. Patrick Fallowfield · 1866 – 2026
The parish lab

A living rock

On the 160th anniversary of our stone church, the parish starts building with the tools of this generation. Watch the minute-long film.

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The name

Kepha Viva

Kepha

Aramaic for rock. The name Jesus gave Peter: “on this rock I will build my Church.”

Viva

Living. “Like living stones, be built into a spiritual house” (1 Peter 2:5).

Together

An old foundation that is still alive and still being built. Logs in 1833, stone in 1866, paint in 2025, and now new tools.

The mark

A hewn stone with Pentecost fire inside

The Kepha Viva mark

  • The stone

    Kepha, the rock. Straight, uneven sides, so it reads as cut by hand: a cornerstone, not a pebble.

  • The lit facet

    One face catches the light. Someone shaped this stone.

  • The flame

    Pentecost, the day Peter preached the Church's first sermon. The fire sits inside the rock: the life comes from within.

  • The inner tongue

    The hottest part of the fire, and what keeps the flame readable when printed in one colour.

How we will work
A valuable tool that requires vigilance Pope Leo XIV, Magnifica Humanitas (2026), on artificial intelligence

The lab uses AI the way the encyclical asks: as a tool, with people deciding. Nothing goes out to the parish until a person has read it and approved it.

The plan

What the lab will build

I

A parish website that stays current

Mass times, events and news kept up to date without one volunteer carrying it all.

II

A Catholic data source, built for Canada

The liturgical calendar and parish information in one reliable place that other tools can use.

III

Weekly content, drafted by agents

Bulletin items and announcements prepared each week, ready for review.

IV

Human approval, before anything goes out

Every draft is checked in a staging area and approved by a person before it is published.

Visual identity

Logos, colours and ready-made images

Free to use for parish lab work. SVG files stay sharp at any size; PNGs have a transparent background.

Download the full kit ZIP · 2.7 MB · 81 files

Colours

Basalt#2A2623
Granite#4A423C
Limestone#F4EFE7
Chalk#EDE6DA
Ember#E2622E
Gold#F4A63A
Night#1B1917

Basalt and limestone carry most things. Ember and gold belong to the flame: use them for highlights and graphics, not for paragraphs of text.

Type

Titles · MarcellusKepha Viva
Text · Instrument SansRunning text, bulletins and web pages.
Labels · IBM Plex MonoSunday · 10:30 · Parish hall

All three are free on Google Fonts. In the logo files the letters are already converted to shapes.

Ready-made images

Hero banner

Hero banner

SharePoint page header, Teams post or the top of an email.

2400×8001920×480
SharePoint header background

SharePoint header

Settings → Change the look → Header → Extended → Background image.

2560×1644K
SharePoint site logo

SharePoint site logo

Same panel: site logo and site logo thumbnail (PNG; this site doesn't accept SVG).

LogoThumbnail
Teams team picture

Teams team picture

Team ⋯ → Manage team → Settings → Team picture.

1024×1024
Teams meeting background

Teams meeting background

In a meeting: More → Effects → Backgrounds → Add new.

1920×1080
WhatsApp group icon

WhatsApp group icon

Cropped to a circle by WhatsApp; the mark stays inside.

640×640

Using the logo

Do
  • Leave clear space of a quarter of the mark's height all round.
  • Keep the mark at least 16 px tall, the horizontal logo at least 120 px wide.
  • Use the reverse files on dark grounds and photos.
Don't
  • Recolour the flame or the stone.
  • Stretch, rotate, outline or add shadows.
  • Retype the name in another font next to the mark.